- 341. Re: [Shop-talk] oxy-acetylene cutting (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 14:27:46 -0400
- I use more like 3-5 PSI acetylene, and about 20 psi oxygen. It sounds like you've got too much heat into the work. -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com _______________________________________________
- /html/shop-talk/2008-05/msg00231.html (7,674 bytes)
- 342. Re: [Shop-talk] suspending (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 15:15:29 -0400
- -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Shop-talk mailing list http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/sho
- /html/shop-talk/2008-05/msg00247.html (7,604 bytes)
- 343. Re: [Shop-talk] Electrical fire waiting to happen (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 22:41:53 -0400
- If I'm by myself, I use a drill motor. Plug it in. Pull the trigger. Set the lock. Go to breaker box. Flip breakers until the drill stops. -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com _______________________
- /html/shop-talk/2008-06/msg00036.html (8,679 bytes)
- 344. Re: [Shop-talk] Electrical fire waiting to happen (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 22:49:23 -0400
- Code for kitchens currently requires two separate 20 amp circuits for small appliances. It's considered good practice to make sure that everything won't be plugged into just one of them; that's somet
- /html/shop-talk/2008-06/msg00037.html (8,628 bytes)
- 345. Re: [Shop-talk] Electrical fire waiting to happen (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 13:07:12 -0400
- Well, the kitchen is the highest density of electrical consumption in most houses. (most of the people on this list probably have shops that give kitchens a run for their money.) There are lots of wa
- /html/shop-talk/2008-06/msg00043.html (10,410 bytes)
- 346. Re: [Shop-talk] Electrical fire waiting to happen (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 14:06:38 -0400
- I've seen 40 amp panels before, in ancient buildings (usually coupled with knob-and-tube wires). The house with the 15 amp kitchen was an utter nightmare when it came to its wiring. It was a duplex,
- /html/shop-talk/2008-06/msg00046.html (11,133 bytes)
- 347. Re: [Shop-talk] Electrical fire waiting to happen (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 15:34:12 -0400
- 300 amp service is an odd duck around here. 400 is more common, as the local utility requires a 400 amp meter with 300 service, and there's no reason not to take advantage of it. That may not be the
- /html/shop-talk/2008-06/msg00050.html (8,771 bytes)
- 348. Re: [Shop-talk] vises (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 16:02:01 -0400
- Wilton also sell absolute junk made in China. Check the label. American made ones are really expensive. Chinese and Indian stuff might be okay. They might not. I've got a vise that I got from Enco. I
- /html/shop-talk/2008-06/msg00053.html (7,648 bytes)
- 349. Re: [Shop-talk] 1" hole through cinder block ? (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:38:14 -0400
- Much easier method: buy a star drill that fits the air hammer. My air hammer came with one, though I think it's only 1/2". I've seen them much bigger. -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com ___________
- /html/shop-talk/2008-06/msg00072.html (8,975 bytes)
- 350. [Shop-talk] Really hot water (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:46:59 -0400
- We've suddenly got really hot water (170F!) coming out of faucets. The water heater is a pretty standard double element electric job. I opened the covers, and the settings were where I'd expect them
- /html/shop-talk/2008-06/msg00079.html (7,359 bytes)
- 351. Re: [Shop-talk] Really hot water (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:18:01 -0400
- So the water continued to get really, really hot, even with both 'stats set at their minimum setting. The water temperature at the kitchen faucet reached 190F, and the temp limiting switch do-hickey
- /html/shop-talk/2008-06/msg00082.html (8,677 bytes)
- 352. Re: [Shop-talk] Really hot water (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:49:10 -0400
- It's four years old, and has a 10 year warranty on the tank. I think it's worth $20 in thermostats. -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Support Team.N
- /html/shop-talk/2008-06/msg00084.html (8,079 bytes)
- 353. Re: [Shop-talk] Really hot water (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:20:38 -0400
- Yeah, I'm pretty annoyed. The unit was defective at installation (the lower element didn't work), and shortly after they fixed it, there was something else that got done under a recall. I suspect if
- /html/shop-talk/2008-06/msg00086.html (7,645 bytes)
- 354. Re: [Shop-talk] Really hot water (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:31:12 -0400
- For the benefit of the archives: What happened in my case was that the lower element's thermostat welded its contacts together, leaving the element on constantly, until the thermal safety switch trip
- /html/shop-talk/2008-06/msg00087.html (10,049 bytes)
- 355. Re: [Shop-talk] Service Line Protection Programs? (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:43:33 -0400
- If they're pushing them, they're probably not a good deal. -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Shop-t
- /html/shop-talk/2008-06/msg00091.html (7,847 bytes)
- 356. Re: [Shop-talk] all brass old fashioned hose nozzle? (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:20:26 -0400
- None of Grainger, Mcmaster, nor MSC list such a beast, which suggests that it doesn't exist. Plenty of solid brass nozzles that are pistol-grip, though. -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com _________
- /html/shop-talk/2008-06/msg00109.html (8,030 bytes)
- 357. Re: [Shop-talk] On the road tool kit (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:50:14 -0400
- A car that old came with a tool kit, right? That's a good place to start. Here's the kit I work from in my elderly Land-Rover: Tire changing kit (jack, wheel brace, wheel chock etc) Set of SAE combin
- /html/shop-talk/2008-06/msg00118.html (8,959 bytes)
- 358. Re: [Shop-talk] Removing/re-using badges (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:44:01 -0400
- In the case of pinstripe remover, it's better living through physics. It's a pretty standard adhesive (though, not a xylene-based one) remover, with fumed silica (very, very small bits of glass, basi
- /html/shop-talk/2008-06/msg00122.html (9,352 bytes)
- 359. Re: [Shop-talk] pipe threader (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 12:56:15 -0400
- It will probably work for that much, but not too much more. My local hardware store will thread pipes for not much, if you buy the pipe from them. That would my choice for full lengths of pipe. -- Da
- /html/shop-talk/2008-07/msg00001.html (8,464 bytes)
- 360. Re: [Shop-talk] pipe threader (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 13:41:58 -0400
- Yeah, I'd think that's fine. The big problem is that they're slow. And they don't work very fast. And it takes a long time to cut threads. And it's from HF, so I'd bet the die isn't very good. And it
- /html/shop-talk/2008-07/msg00007.html (8,834 bytes)
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